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Thanks Sara for the information.  We all get so wrapped up in our everyday tasks..it's nice to get updated now and then.

Hello Sara, great blog.  Inman has some great pdf's and I found I used at least 10 only 15 more to go.

This is a helpful blog and true to the spirit of AR...helping each other. Thank you.

Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Sara, I will have to check that out.  Is an inman conference worth attending?  I may have to add that to my todo list for 2009

Thank you for taking the time to share.  I have used many of these...and smome are new.  I will check them out.

thanks for sharing this info -- am off to check out your link.  

Thanks Sara for sharing this great information.

check these

www.multiplewebsiteservice.com

Thanks for the info Sara! It's nice to stay on top of the sites.

Sara, Thanks for sharing - and Jeff, Too!  It's always nice to know what's available and better yet, not having to spend time searchcing for them!

Great sites there.  I need to take a long look at flickr and twitter

here is a new one...primarily for Chicago (cook county and collar counties).  www.AppealMyTaxes.biz

Our bank has worked with them on teaching local residents how to lower their real estate taxes.  We have sponsored a few seminars...our customers have loved them.

Thanks Sara. It is great that you shared this information to help everyone out.

...Wishing buildasign.com would have got a mention!  Our prices for custom real estate signs and frames will save you money and our online design tool will save you tons of time.  Give us a shot by visiting http://www.buildasign.com/RealEstateSigns - We are also on twitter, follow us at  http://twitter.com/buildasign

Thanks! I downloaded the file to my desktop to review. I can always use good ideas.

Thanks for this info. When I have some time, I'll be able to take a serious look.

Very god ideas. Thanks forsharing. Will save and study especially that note thingie". :-)

Sara, This is great stuff!  I'm excited to view several of these web sites.  Thanks SO much for the valuable information:)

Thank you Sara; I use some of them but it is nice to learn about more. . . not to just put them into action.

Thank you so much for sharing this Sara.  I forwarded it to my office as well.  AC has been a great resource and I continue to learn new things.  What a community!

Great information!  Thanks for sharing all the websites, I will definitely take a look at them.

This is great stuff Sara.  I try to stay up on all the newest techy tools.  Thanks.

Great posting!  I had no idea all of this "free" stuff was out there!  Thanks!  I also just started using the calendar on facebook...it's called 30 Boxes.  I like it so far. 

Thanks for the info. Gotta keep up on all the cool toys online, that make life easier??? :)

Appreciate the info. 

Evening Sara,  Thanks for a great collection of helpful tools !  Best of everything for you in 2009 !

Any details or experiences to share on any of these specifically?

We are all looking for ways to save money so it is great to have this list.  Most I am aware of, but there were a couple new ones I will check out.

Sara, thanks so much for sharing Jeff's awesome insights. He is one awesome guy. ;-)

Great information to pass along!  I've been using many of these tools and my 14 year old daughter just introduced me to photo editing tools on picnik.com  - easy to use & effective.  Thanks, Kelly

Thanks Sarah, I'm going to use some of those tools right now.

Thanks Sarah for sharing.  Love learning new stuff?

Thanks, Sara... I'd like to go to one of these conferences.

Thank you for sharing this info. It's very helpful

Sarah, that is a great Pdf file, I downloaded it and sent to my team since most do very little social media. I am especially interested in Box for the Mac. I do believe Cloud Computing is our future, already using some of the documents on line.

Sara, these are great tips.  I'd like to add another that goes hand in hand with the lost art of personal written communication.  About a year ago, I was introduced to a system that helps do precisely that.  It is called Send Out Cards.  If you have not yet experienced it, please try the following link and test it for yourself: http://www.sendoutcards.com/32159  You'll see how easy it is to stay in touch simply by sending a heartfelt card to clients, family and friends in your handwriting with your personal signature with a just few clicks of the mouse.  I don't want this to sound like an advertisement, but using this system helped me generate over $48,000 in gross commissions last year.  It's easy, personal, inexpensive, and can generate an additional stream of revenue depending on how you choose to join.  Give it a try.

I kept looking but I couldn't find that one site www.handwrittennote.com  It sounded very progressive.

Sara,

Thanks so much.  This is great stuff that my small company could really use internally to get a little more organized!

Just when you think you know about all the cool stuff, you learn more! I've got some of these, but caught a couple I did not have!

You know what they say, "He with the most toys when he dies....wins!" Does internet tools count?

Hi Sara,

Thanks, for this very beneficial and useful post, very interesting information.

Hello Sara: Thanks for posting that list. Jeff Turner is a very wise man. Thank you for sharing for those of us that didn't attend.

Thanks Sara! Another great post. I use many of these but found a couple of new ones. Thanks for sharing.

Sara - Thanks for sharing this list.  I knew some of these sites but not all.  I have saved this list to my computer.

thank you very much. this is very helpful..

Great information, Thank you vry much.

Sara - What a great resource!  I'm hangin' on to this one.

Thanks so much....what great information to have.

Sara,

Thanks for posting, I will check out the ones I didn't know about.

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Thanks Sara, this is a great list. There are a few i haven't seen before and some of the others I wasn't sure they were worth the time and energy.

Thanks for the info.  Quite a few that I'm using, but many more that I'm not (and I few I'd never heard of).

Thanks for the list. I love new tools that I can use in my business.

Well thanks for posting the list, very cool.

Sara -

Thanks for the list - it seems, once you think you've found everything on the web - there's more!

If you're near Lincoln Square, Sara, here in the city - let's get together for a cup of coffee!

DEAN & DEAN'S TEAM CHICAGO

Sara - I was a the conference and there for the presentation.  It was great !  Jeff made a great presentation !

Sara,

  Thanks for providing all the interesting sites.  I will enjoy getting into them a little more.

Thanks for taking the time to post it.  I'm planning to disseminate this to the other agents in my office. 

Hi Sara,thanks for sharing this list.  I have reblogged it so more people will be exposed to it.  Great to explore options. 

Thanks Sara,

A compilation of information like this is a great tool!

Have a great 2009! We all deserve it!

Roseann

This is a very helpfl list.

Brian Madigan

Sara,

This was great information.  Thanks.

Sara - that is great info. Thank you so much for sharing this.

Thank you for sharing.  That's what is all about!  I believe when you give you get more in return.

These are great websites, your ggenerosity means a lot.. Thank-you

Excellent information!  I have used a few of the websites listed. The Google docs are a wonderful tool.  I have used those for online collaboration of seminars, meetings, sign ups for events, ect. Because each person using the system has to be invited, it is private and secure!

Sara ... a question is how to use the Awesome Highlighter software. Instructions at that site don't work for us.  Harrison

Sara, I am going to try some of this...if it's truly a time saver, then Thanks So Much!

Sara Just another thank you for taking the time to add the link to the PowerPoint, I did learn some new things that i wasn't aware of,  That will save me $$$ 

Thanks for sharing. I must check out some of these sights I have never heard about like utterli.

Hi Sara,

It is a great feeling to find  free online websites that help customers to find us online.  Personally it is a challenge to find new sites and your post is very informative!

A website that I discovered is ideal, it provides a free website, free virtual house tours, free homebuyer & seller reports,etc.  Visit www.Point2HomesAgentDirectorybio.com to signup.  In the comments note that Susan Hale, ReMax Realty of Defiance recommended you. 
I have several website but the free one with point2homes is  www.defianceohiohomes.com  so you can see what it is like. You can pick different templates, pictures,etc.  I buy my domain names thru www.godaddy.com  for less than $10 yr.  Every so often they run specials as low as $6.99 per year per domain name.  I own 13 different domain names and point them to my websites. You never know what search names or ideas customers will search by.
To remember what all websites you may have posted info to and forgot - Google or Yahoo search your name.
All the sites you are on should show up as cached. From there you can revisit and do your updates.
Hope this helps MANY other Realtors!!

Thanks for the websites. We all really benefit from such collaborative efforts! Love it!!

Thanks for sharing this great info.  I have put on my desktop to view later and then I will pass to the agents in my office as well. 

This is great- sometimes, I just feel like surfing the net and learning new things... incidentally, I read another blog of yours that mentioned walking space which I also thought was rather neat.  Thanks for passing these along.

Sara, this is a bonanza of information and why am I not surprised that Jeff Turner is involved??? The guy is a walking fount of information!

I love the highlighter site.  Just tried it and what a great too I think I will be.  Thanks.

Great list, Sara.  For the past couple of years I have made use of many of the web solutions provided by www.37signals.com.  I use Basecamp for transaction management, Highrise for leads management, and Backpack for everything that falls between the cracks.

that made me feel good.

Thank you for the information.  I will check it out.

Hi Sara, thanks for sharing your great list of websites.

Great info here - some new resources to check out.  Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Sara, I think this will help all of us, great info

Rich

The AwesomeHighlighter tool is really cool.  I used it already.

Thanks for the info. I'll try a few of them out.

Thanks for the info, great resource

Thank you for the PDF. Greatly appreciated!

Hi Sara

Really useful knowledge u share here thanks for sharing and keep helping and sharing your thoughts THX

Real Estate

Thanks for this info. It's useful and can definitely help streamline operations. I guess I should get going on Twitter.

Thanks for the tips. I'm signing up for the zenbe email, I have a twitter profile but I too need to get going on it.

Sara,

This is so awesome & enlightening! What a fabulous treat to help us all kick of the New Year with new Goals! Thanks a Bunch for sharing this. I will definitely use these tools to my advantage!

Thank you, some i already use and will try the others.

Thanks for taking the time to help the rest of us that couldn't go to Inman! I'm sorry I missed it!

Good stuff Sara!   Thanks for the info.  Looking forward to checking them out.

Thanks for that list. I just started using skype a few months ago, and cut my landline saving $70/mo

Hi Sara,

I can't believe I missed this one!
Thanks for sharing.
Jeff is surely a keeper!

Tamara

Thank you so much for sharing!  I use some already, but I can't wait to check out the others.

When trying to access the link, I get a "file damanged...". Any ideas?

Some great stuff in there.  Ill have to check it out.